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Whatever could possess a 53-year-old grandmother to brave untold hardships in order to illegally enter forbidden Tibet via nigh-impassable roads?

Produktbeschreibung
Whatever could possess a 53-year-old grandmother to brave untold hardships in order to illegally enter forbidden Tibet via nigh-impassable roads?
Autorenporträt
Born in Winnipeg in 1943, Vivien Lougheed was raised by her Polish grandparents who instilled within her a desire for adventure. From her home base of Prince George she has traveled extensively throughout British Columbia, China, Pakistan, the Mediterranean, Central and South America, Africa, the Himalayas of Tibet and Nepal. In her first book, 'Central America by Chickenbus' (1986), she all but coined the term that is now synonymous with local transportation and travelling on the cheap. Since then she has written more than ten books including 'Kluane National ParkHiking Guide, Forbidden Mountains, TungstenJohn', (co-written with her husband) and 'From the Chilcotin to the Chilkoot: Selected Hikes of Northern BC'